Comparable Selection Guide
The quality of a market-based valuation depends on choosing the right comparables. Walk through this guide to build a selection profile tailored to your business.
Industry is the single most important filter for finding relevant comparables.
Why comparable selection matters
A market-based valuation is only as good as the comparables it's built on. Choosing the wrong comparables — businesses that are too different in size, industry, or structure — can lead to misleading valuation estimates.
The best comparables share key characteristics with the subject business: similar industry, revenue size, number of working owners, and lease terms. Location and business age are useful secondary filters.
Bizstats gives you access to 12,500+ real NZ business sales across 205 industry categories, with 16 data fields per transaction — so you can find and select the most relevant comparables for any valuation.